[Jukebox-list] RE: Advice before I take apart AMI G transfer motor.

[Jens Hultgren]

Judith's Jukes - their jukeboxes were the ones so beautifully photographed
by Kaz Tsuruta and you can see them in "Jukebox: the Golden Age". I think it
closed ten-fifteen years ago, and the jukeboxes were sold. I remember that
Bill Butterfield was somehow involved.

If John Gabel lived in S.F, then that is where the jukebox was invented.

 Jens


On 4/3/07, Mechanical Music of S.F. <mechanicalmusic at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> OK, thanks for the info on the motor, John.
> I don't want to screw it up, but looks pretty simple.  Almost 100% sure
> it's
> just gunked up.
>
> I stupidly tried to turn the flat head screw on the scan motor thinking it
> was just an access for oil.  It turned a few degrees, but I put it back
> where it was when it became obvious it wasn't going to move freely.  Now I
> know better. Thanks.
>
> Nope, never heard of that jukebox place.  I moved here in 2000.  There
> doesn't seem to be a lot going on jukebox wise around here.
>
> Kyle ~
> Mechanical Music of San Francisco
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> At 1:39 PM -0700 4/2/07, Mechanical Music of S.F. wrote:
> >Soooo..., I took the mech out of my AMI G120 to give it, and the cabinet
> >interior, a good surface cleaning.
> >I think I must have gotten some water in the transfer motor as now it's
> >sluggish, like the lube is gummed up, or the brushes are contaminated.
> >Anyone who's ever gotten their hands wet after having played in oil and
> >grease knows what I'm talking about.
> >
> >OK, anything I should know before I take it apart to clean it out? I
> >noticed an allen screw at one end of the shaft motor and a flat heat
> screw
> >at the same end.  I suppose that's a bearing adjustment. Anything I need
> to
> >be aware of down there, like removing or loosening the allen screw?
>
> Don't need to loosen the set screw or slot head large bolt - that
> presets the tension on the armature and adjustment is normally only
> done when a new armature is installed.
>
> I would take the motor completely apart and take care to soak the
> bearings in a good grade of oil. Clean between the plates on the
> armature commutator with a very thin metal strip - I use a pinball
> burnishing tool - to remove any carbon dust from the brushes. A piece
> of spring steel would work well.
>
> High pressure grease for the gear drive. Remove the brushes before
> attempting to take the main bolts out of the motor is advised...
>
> John :-#)#
>
> PS, ever hear of Judith's Jukes from San Francisco in the 1970s and
> early 80s? They restored classic wood jukeboxes...
>
> >Darn thing worked OK before.  I removed the motor and let it run, but it
> >comes and goes. Thought letting it run for a while with no load would
> clear
> >it up, but although it's a little better, it's definitely gummy.
> >
> >
> >Kyle ~
>
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